Well, they say the hangover is the worst part of having a good time.

If that is the case, here is one example of one person (a former Democrat speechwriter) who fortunately is starting to see the light before the giant keg of ObamaCare Kool-Ade is cracked, opened, dispensed and given to all of those wanting their free drink with their free lunch.

Goes to show there might be hope. Even among those thought totally beyond the reach of reason and common sense.

From Politics Daily: Hat Tip – Hot Air

In the past, I paid attention to the health care debate as a speechwriter who prepared speeches, talking points, op-eds, and debate prep material on the topic at different times for John Edwards, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and others. Now, I’m paying attention because I’m a citizen up the creek without a paddle.

In D.C., I had a policy with a national company, an HMO, and surprisingly I was very happy with it. I had a fantastic primary care doctor at Georgetown University Hospital. As a self-employed writer, my premium was $225 a month, plus $10 for a dental discount.

In Massachusetts, the cost for a similar plan is around $550, give or take a few dollars. My risk factors haven’t changed. I didn’t stop writing and become a stunt double. I don’t smoke. I drink a little and every once in a while a little more than I should. I have a Newfoundland dog. I am only 41. There has been no change in the way I live my life except my zip code — to a state with universal health care.

Massachusetts has enacted many of the necessary reforms being talked about in Washington. There is a mandate for all residents to get insurance, a law to prevent insurance companies from denying coverage because of a pre-existing condition, an automatic enrollment requirement, and insurance companies are no longer allowed to cap coverage or drop people when they get sick becaus

Ed Morrisey’s take:

And what did that do to premiums? Button has to pay a whopping 144% increase in premiums over her costs in DC, not exactly a city known for its low cost of living in the first place. In order to provide coverage with all of the mandates Massachusetts imposes, health insurers had to more than double premiums to meet the costs.

Nor is this the only such example of economic disaster that government-mandated coverage generates. Earlier this summer, we looked at Maine’s DirigoChoice, an Orwellian term for a program full of mandates on individuals and insurers. The combination resulted in premiums over 300% more expensive than in neighboring New Hampshire, and in an operating deficit so large that it no longer can accept all of the applications by uninsured Maine residents.

She does seem to be slowly opening her eyes. Simply acknowledging the fact that all is not unicorns and puppies when it comes to the government, at any level, administering your health care, is the first and most important step of getting those that still have some functioning common sense brain cells from coming over to the side of reality. A tough road to hoe, of course, in this age of Obama/American Idol/Daily Show Cultbots.

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